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ReviewThe American journal of pathology2022

NELL-1 in Genome-Wide Association Studies across Human Diseases.

Xu Cheng, Jiayu Shi, Zhonglin Jia, Pin Ha, Chia Soo, Kang Ting, Aaron W James, Bing Shi, Xinli Zhang

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Review in The American journal of pathology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 30% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. NELL-1: role and mechanisms in disease pathogenesis and development.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026
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  5. Role of NEL‑like molecule‑1 in osteogenesis/chondrogenesis (Review).International journal of molecular medicine · 2025
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  11. Isolation of NELL 1 Aptamers for Rhabdomyosarcoma Targeting.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Xu ChengState Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Centre for Oral Diseases, and the Department of Cleft Lip and Palate, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China; Section of Orthodontics, Division of Growth and Development, School of Dentistry, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.
Jiayu ShiSection of Orthodontics, Division of Growth and Development, School of Dentistry, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.
Zhonglin JiaState Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Centre for Oral Diseases, and the Department of Cleft Lip and Palate, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Pin HaSection of Orthodontics, Division of Growth and Development, School of Dentistry, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.
Chia SooDivision of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Hospital Research Center, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.
Kang TingForsyth Institute, affiliate of the Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
Aaron W JamesDepartment of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
Bing ShiState Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Centre for Oral Diseases, and the Department of Cleft Lip and Palate, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China. Electronic address: shibingcn1@126.com.
Xinli ZhangSection of Orthodontics, Division of Growth and Development, School of Dentistry, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. Electronic address: xzhang@dentistry.ucla.edu.
Sichuan University · CNUniversity of California, Los Angeles · USBaim Institute for Clinical Research · USJohns Hopkins University · USOrthopaedic Hospital · US

Funding

UCLA Clinical Translational Science InstituteUL1TR001881 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI ARLEEN F. BROWN, ARASH NAEIM · 2016 to 2026
$118.1M
UCLA Clinical and Translational Science InstituteUL1TR000124 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI DUBINETT, STEVEN M. · 2012 to 2015
$57.0M
Dual roles of Nell-1 in craniofacial bones and brain through interaction with Cntnap4R01DE029353 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI SOO, CHIA, ZHANG, XINLI · 2020 to 2024
$2.5M
NELL-1's functional role in cartilage regenerationR01AR068835 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI EASLEY, JEREMIAH, SOO, CHIA · 2015 to 2019
$2.2M
NELL-1 Systemic Therapy for OsteoporosisR01AR066782 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI EASLEY, JEREMIAH, TING, KANG · 2014 to 2018
$2.0M
Wnt and PPARy Signaling in Nell-1 and BMP2 Mediated Bone RegenerationR01AR061399 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI SOO, CHIA · 2012 to 2016
$1.7M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000124NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001881NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR061399NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR066782NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR068835NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE029353
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neural epidermal growth factor-like (EGFL)-like protein (NELL)-1 is a potent and key osteogenic factor in the development and regeneration of skeletal tissues. Intriguingly, accumulative data from genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have started unveiling potential broader roles of NELL-1 beyond its functions in bone and cartilage. With exploration of the genetic variants of the entire genome in large-scale disease cohorts, GWASs have been used for establishing the connection between specific single-nucleotide polymorphisms of NELL1, in addition to osteoporosis, metabolic diseases, inflammatory conditions, neuropsychiatric diseases, neurodegenerative disorders, and malignant tumors. This review summarizes the findings from GWASs on the manifestation, significance level, implications on function, and correlation of specific NELL1 single-nucleotide polymorphisms in various disorders in humans. By offering a unique and comprehensive correlation between genetic variants and plausible functions of NELL1 in GWASs, this review illustrates the wide range of potential effects of a single gene on the pathogenesis of multiple disorders in humans.

Indexed as

Calcium-Binding ProteinsGenome-Wide Association StudyOsteoporosisCartilageHumansOsteogenesisPolymorphism, Single NucleotideCalcium-Binding ProteinsNELL1 protein, human

Identifiers

PMID34890556
PMCPMC8895422
OpenAlexW4200264858

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